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News increasingly "breaks" on social media platforms - before publishers and broadcasters have even had a chance to get to the story. With Facebook Live enabling audiences to live stream, the role of the news industry to provide breaking news has changed, irrevocably.

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On Tuesday after three explosions shook Brussels, journalists wanting an eyewitness account turned to Periscope in search of a live stream of events, captured on mobile phones by people at the airport and at the affected train station. It was exactly the type of situation where Periscope shows its value according to its 28-year old co-founder, Kayvon Beykpour, who was in Paris last week to talk to students.